Late flowering plant
Nancy Tomazin
6 years ago
Featured Answer
Sort by:Oldest
Comments (33)
User
6 years agosunnyborders
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoRelated Discussions
Too late to plant peacock orchid bulbs?
Comments (6)Okay....so then the bulbs I have will be okay to plant next year? As much as I'd like to plant them now, I'd rather be able to enjoy them all summer then just a couple weeks in september. September depresses me because the season is over....lol...See MoreFlowers to plant in small Boston garden for late August blooms
Comments (4)As diggingthedirt suggested, knowing a bit about what your yard's conditions are as well as your gardening preference (symmetrical and tidy, wildly blooming but disorganized, ...?) will help you get suggestions. A photo will also help us envision what might look nice. Along with flowers also consider variegated or colorful (gold, maroon, etc.) foliage and contrasting foliage texture (ferny vs broad vs. long & slender vs. cut-leaves), as often it is decorative for longer than just flowers. Below I've linked a thread asking about an early VT wedding which may have some ideas for you, including some specific suggestions for annuals that will bloom for all of August under normal conditions. If you go to the bottom of the main New England forum page there is a search box. Type in wedding and look at the various threads, even if they are for the wrong time of year. Several of them discuss the potential pitfalls of this type of a plan. They will help you evaluate whether you really want to try this for yourself on such short notice. In general if you want to use perennials many would want to be started the previous year. You can use annuals if you choose varieties that will still be blooming in August and as Digging suggested, there are some perennials that will bloom the first year. If you end up deciding to do this, have a backup plan in case a dog digs up your beds, a hurricane arrives in August and flattens everything, or the weather is odd and nothing ends up blooming at its expected time. It might include scoping out nurseries ahead of time and then buying well grown pots of annuals and putting them in elegant planters or obtaining reallu large vases in which to place tall cut flowers. Paniculata Hydrangeas (shrubs) will probably be blooming then, but you would have to choose one of the smaller selections like 'Little Lamb' since your garden is small, get the largest potted plant you can find and hope that it is happy enough with its new site that it blooms this August. There may be some clematis that would bloom in your area in August, but again, you'd need to buy the largest plant you could find and plant it with as little disturbance as possible so that is more likely to bloom. Regardless of what you plant, plan to spend time weeding and watering on a regular basis this summer. Using pretty mulch (like cocoa hulls if you don't have a dog) will help keep moisture in your beds and will discourage some of the potential weeds, but both will need attention if the garden is to look its best. I am not trying to discourage you, but I would also hate for you to be disappointed that things don't look as you envision on this special day. Let us know what you decide to do. We love seeing photos . . . Here is a link that might be useful: Early August VT wedding thread...See MoreHow late is too late to plant bare roots?
Comments (12)I found this on Piviones Riviere's website. WHAT IS THE BEST PERIOD TO PLANT ? How do you plant a peony? To obtain the best results in peony cultivation, pay very special attention to the planting process. *Planting bare roots should be done between September and mid-March. *It is better to plant peonies in the autumn so that the root system can grow before the leaves come out. *Planting can be done during the winter period even with frost during the night as long as it disappears during the daytime. *After March, due to the growing of leaves and vegetation, it is not recommended to plant bare root peonies. *If you want to plant later, we offer cultivated plants in containers that you can buy either from our nursery or at the flower shows we go to. *Tip : In case of frost when you receive our plants, place the parcel in a cool area  a cellar or a garage - and open the parcel. The individually packed plants can remain for a month in their packaging without any harm....See MoreSalvia leucantha -- how hardy?
Comments (13)Well, Christo Lloyd wrote in his own book on perennials that Salvia leucantha is "definitely tender", so there you have your answer. He also stated that it was the species of Salvia "for which I drool most heavily". He added that "it only gets going as the first frosts are about to nip it". That said, I have several Salvias in my garden that are still flowering now (or rather reblooming, having been assiduously dead-headed after their first flowering in early summer). They include the widely grown Salvia sylvestris "May Night" and "East Friesland", which I know are supposed to be hardy. I cannot say so from personal experience, as this is only my second summer in this garden (although they did survive a long, cold, dry winter as baby plants). In my old garden I kept Salvia verticillata "Purple Rain" coming back for the best part of a decade before I left. I am concerned about garden nerd's loss of Salvia uliginosa, as I bought some plants this summer which have been growing and flowering in a large pot, ready for planting out as soon as they finish. I guess I shall have to give them a good mulch. To judge from lori londonuk's post, we garden in fairly similar conditions (I am half way up a hill in suburban north London), so we should have similar degrees of success in bringing tender plants through the winter....See MoreNancy Tomazin
6 years agomad_gallica (z5 Eastern NY)
6 years agocecily
6 years agoGardenHo_MI_Z5
6 years agoMarie Tulin
6 years agodeanna in ME Barely zone 6a, more like 5b
6 years agolaceyvail 6A, WV
6 years agoken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
6 years agosunnyborders
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoMyCityGarden_5b Upstate NY
6 years agoGardenHo_MI_Z5
6 years agobella rosa
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoNHBabs z4b-5a NH
6 years agogeoforce
6 years agosunnyborders
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agogarcanad
6 years agobella rosa
6 years agosunnyborders
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agobella rosa
6 years agosunnyborders
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agobella rosa
6 years agoperen.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
6 years agoNHBabs z4b-5a NH
6 years agobella rosa
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoNHBabs z4b-5a NH
6 years agosunnyborders
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoNancy Tomazin
6 years agosunnyborders
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoNancy Tomazin
6 years agoroxanna
6 years ago
Related Stories
FLOWERS AND PLANTSPlant Rocky Mountain Beeplant for Late-Summer Color and Pollinator Buzz
Add pizazz to your garden with this native annual. Its vivid pink flower spikes are magnets for butterflies, bees and hummingbirds
Full StoryGARDENING GUIDESGreat Design Plant: Feed Wildlife With Flowering Currant
Blossoms and berries make this plant irresistible to birds, bees and other critters — and a treat for the eyes too
Full StoryGARDENING FOR BUTTERFLIESGreat Native Plant: Pasque Flower
Get ahead with this early-blooming perennial, which has an unusual feature you've got to feel for yourself
Full StoryGARDENING GUIDESBright Plants for Flower Beds That Wow
From new annual and perennial varieties to grasses, get dramatic with swaths of color
Full StoryFALL GARDENING10 Top Flowering Native Plants for Beauty and Wildlife Benefit
Consider these easy-care varieties for good looks, seasonal interest and more
Full StoryGARDENING GUIDESGreat Design Plant: Showers Bring Zephyranthes Flowers
Plant zephyrlily bulbs now for lovely blooms amid grassy foliage in summer and fall
Full StoryGARDENING GUIDESAttract Thynnid Wasps With Summer-Flowering Native Plants
These beneficial insects will hunt damaging beetle grubs in your lawn
Full StoryNATIVE PLANTSPlant These Fall-Flowering Natives in Early Summer for Pollinator Love
These 3 groups of plants will support masses of beneficial insects come autumn
Full StoryFLOWERS10 New Flowering Plants for More Garden Color in 2018
These perennials and shrubs have long-lasting color and beautiful blooms, and they attract birds and butterflies too
Full StoryTREES7 Deer-Resistant Flowering Trees to Plant this Fall
If you live in a neighborhood with roaming deer, consider these beautiful trees that won't tempt hungry guests
Full Story
Nancy TomazinOriginal Author